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VTE boost for Eliquis

July 2, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing AMPLIFY, BMS, DVT, Eliquis, Pfizer

Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer’s oral blood thinner Eliquis is as efficient as standard of care and causes less bleeding in …

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China tightens quality standards for pharma distributors

July 2, 2013
Manufacturing and Production China, FDA, GMP, GSP

From 1 July new pharmaceutical distributors in China will be obliged to adhere to the country’s recently-issued Good Supply Practice …

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Onyx rejects Amgen – seeks new suitors

July 2, 2013
Sales and Marketing Amgen, Onyx

Amgen’s advances for Onyx have been knocked back as the biotech firm says it is now seeking new suitors. Onyx …

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Roche buys blood testing firm for $220m

July 2, 2013
Sales and Marketing CMI, Diagnostics, Roche

Roche has acquired Boston-based Constitution Medical Investors in order to buy into its haematology testing system. The cancer drug specialist …

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MSI Consultancy announces three senior appointments

July 2, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing MSI

Pharma marketing firm The MSI Consultancy has expanded its team with the appointment of three industry marketers as senior consultants. …

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FDA has Xarelto concerns

July 2, 2013
Sales and Marketing Bayer, Boehringer, FDA, Pradaxa, Xarelto

The FDA is unsure about an application to further extend the licence for Janssen and Bayer HealthCare’s blood thinner Xarelto …

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Watermeadow shortlisted for medical education award

July 1, 2013
Medical Communications Communique, Excellence in Ophthalmology, UK, Watermeadow Medical, award-winning agency, finalist, medical education, ophthalmology, programme

Watermeadow Medical is delighted that one of its educational programmes has been shortlisted for the ‘Excellence in Professional Education Programmes’ …

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Watermeadow’s continued commitment to ethical publications

July 1, 2013
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As part of Watermeadow Medical’s commitment to ethical publications, five more of its editorial staff have qualified as Certified Medical …

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Remicade copies set for European entry

July 1, 2013
Sales and Marketing CHMP, Hospira, Janssen, Remicade, arthritis, biosimilar

Janssen’s Remicade could soon come under generic pressure after a landmark recommendation by the CHMP. South Korean biotech Celltrion and …

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Aspen buys Merck facility and products in $1 billion deal

July 1, 2013
Manufacturing and Production MSD, Merck, Oss, aspen

Africa’s largest drugmaker Aspen Pharmacare has agreed to buy a manufacturing facility owned by Merck & Co, plus a portfolio …

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Ben Adams appointed editor of Pharmafocus

July 1, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Ben Adams, McConaghie, Pharmafocus

Ben Adams has become the new editor of the monthly Pharmafocus newspaper and the Pharmafile.com website. Adams, formerly the senior …

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Sanofi’s Lemtrada nears EU approval

July 1, 2013
Sales and Marketing CHMP, Genzyme, Lemtrada, Sanofi

Sanofi’s multiple sclerosis drug Lemtrada has received a positive recommendation from the CHMP, meaning a European approval is likely just …

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A call for harmony on clinical trials

July 1, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Frédéric Sgard, OECD, clinical trials

Clinical trials are an essential part of the development of medical treatments. They involve testing new medicines or new therapies, …

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New chair for the BioIndustry Association

July 1, 2013

The BioIndustry Association has appointed Dr Edward Hodgkin as its new chairman, effective from October this year.Hodgkin succeeds Tim Edwards, …

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Lords: ‘Simplify pharma regulation’

July 1, 2013
Sales and Marketing Lords, NICE, pharma, regulation

Investors are not putting their money into the UK’s regenerative medicine sector because of the high failure rate when it …

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‘Three-person’ IVF consultation

June 28, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing DoH, HFEA, IVF

The Department of Health is to publish draft guidelines later this year on a controversial IVF-based technique which would lead …

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Survey: ‘Consultants prefer mailshots’

June 28, 2013
Medical Communications, Sales and Marketing Onyx, digital, mailshots

Pharma should use standard marketing activities such as mailshots if they want to promote their products effectively in UK secondary …

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Diabetes vaccine trial posts positive results

June 28, 2013
Research and Development, Sales and Marketing TOL-3021, Vaccine, diabetes

A groundbreaking new study suggests that the body’s immune system can be taught to reverse the effects of type 1 …

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Life appoints new account manager

June 28, 2013
Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing Life, mead

Creative comms agency Life has expanded its client service team with the appointment of a new account manager.Kirsty Mead joins Life from Seven …

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FDA issues final guidance on heparin testing

June 27, 2013
Manufacturing and Production, Sales and Marketing FDA, heparin

Five years after the adulterated heparin scandal that claimed the lives of dozens of people in the US alone, the …

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